Ice box



M. GONZALEZ.

ICE BOX.

APPUCATION FILED AUG.27, i921.

Patented Aug. 15, 1922.

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MIGUEL e'oiiizaiinz, oriviiwiroax, N. Y.

ion Box..

To all whom t may concern: 4 v y Be it known'that l, MiGUiiLGoNZALnZ, a

citizen of Venezuela, and resident'of New York city, in the county 'ofNew York Aand State of New York, have invented certainl new and usefulimprovements in lee Boxes, ofy which the following` is aspeciiicati'o'n.

The invention relates ingeneral to an ice box of the cabinet type`and*particularlyrelates to an ice box of the type in which a large'volume of water is .designed to be stored and filtered for potablepurposes and which may be cooled for drinking purposes.

The present invention constitutes an improvement over the *form* of iceybox disclosed in my patent No. 1,367,693, February 8th, 1921. y

vln the previous patent it was notedtliat 'the available water inSomelocati'ons'is'not suitable for drinking purposes and it "wassuggested that vthe water -be stored in the box vand, chemically treatedbefore it was used.' l With some characters of watersl it is `necessaryto filter the water'either withA or without the chemical treatmentpreviously suggested.

The present disclosure features the providing of anice box designed toresemble conventional forms of such articles of household furniture andwhich can be utilized to store large volumes of'water, to filter andcool the water'as it is'used, and at the same` time to` preservetheexternal appearance so that the box will appear to be of the usualform.

The difliculty with such forms of ice boxes is that the waterstoring'space must be large in order to storethe necessary amount ofwater and where large volumes of waterfare caused vto pass through theusual small filter the sediment rapidlyl accumulates in any usual formof filtering deviceand must be replaced or cleaned ltoo frequently to beof any commercial value. y I

One of the objects vof the present invention isto'provide a cabinetformof ice `box of the type outlined in `which a relatively large waterstoring compartniei'it is 1' provided without materially modifyingtheexternal appearance ofthe box and which fea# tures a 4slow actingltering partition'which can be'made of relatively large "area toaccommodatev the large compartment and which can be readily installed inposition' of device which can be readily cleaned, the

ings v Figure 1 is a, perspectii'feview showinga 'preferred embodimentof my invention;

, view taken through the permit.

Specification of Letters Patent. Iifgttr-)ntd fitug. 15, '1922.'Application 'mea August 27, i921.l `semi ivo. 496,004. i l

vinvention also features a form'of vwatercon- Various other objects andadvantagesofl the invention will be in part obvious from an inspection"of the accompanying 'draw-w ings andin part 'will befmoiieffully setyforth in the following particular description of one form of mechanismembodying my inventiomand the inventionfalso' consists i'n certain newand novel features'of coi'istrii'c-` tion-` and combination of partshereinafter set forth and claimedjy Referring lto the accompanying draw-Figure 2 is a 'transverse vertical sectional K under portion of the boxshown in Figure 1 and F i Figure a detailed view in sidej'elevan tionshowing the water conduit, ,also shfown in dotted outlines in Figure'l.

In the following description and in `the claims, parts will beidentified by specific naines for convenience of expression-bid they areintended to be as `generic in'tliei'r application te similar-parts'asthe-artfwill ln the drawings, there is shown "an"ii`pr Istanding woodencabinet including La. "front v` side 12, a rear side 13, `and preferablypannelled and signed to simulate in ,generaluse The "interior ofthefcabiiiet end. sides "14C, otherwise deice box constructions now isdivided into two majorfcompartnieiits by` means of ,a partition 15lwhich fornisalo'wer icey containingl andstoring compartiment 16 'andan'upper ipvater containing"compartineiit 17.

is open at vthe top. A cover `19"'constitntes j Y n rllie watercontaining 'conipa-rt-y ment is lined with-a metallic liiiin'g18fanfdthe top of the box and afclo'sure for the c'o'm partment 17. Aplurality'ofjsupporting lugs 20 project inwardly 'from'the sides of` thecompartment 17 and 'serve y'assupports.-.,I

for a metal tank This tank is designed to contain unfiltered water andhas a' bottom '22 whicliis'jspaced from the b'yottoni-f-theconipartnientsoas to dividethe water con-` taining compartment'into .anupper n'uniltered water compartmentQS` and into 'ae lower filteredcompartmenta. .ln those condi..- tions where ',thewater is used aboutasrapidly as itis `filtered the compartment 24 will be'relatively'smallfas shown in Figure box through a conduit, part et nated it will bebroken away from 2 but in those conditions where it is desired to storea relatively large amount of filtered water the unfiltered watercomiiartment will be ol' relatively smaller proportion than illustrated.

The bottom 22 is provided with an opening 25 which is outlined by adepressed up wardly facing seat 26.

A slab of iiltering material, such as unglazed sand-stone 2? ispositioned on the seat and the stone, i'tdesired, may be cemented intoplace with some sort of soit cement.

The liltered water is discharged Atrom th' "which i formed into a coil30 which also con? itutes a supporting ledge the ice and is disposed inan ice pan 31, t is 'round that with devices ot this character andirrespecn tive ot the elliciency of the lilteringg system it isnecessary to frequently clean the coil and for this purpose the coil isheroin shown to be removable as a unit while leaving the ends securelylixed in place the box; The conduit includes an intake pipe 32 openingthrough the bottoni oit water compartment and rfixed in position box.For the purpose oiC drawing unch i.' water Yfrom the box the pipe 32 ispr with an extension projecting torn@ therefrom, through the iront oithe box and terminating in a g 231i. Sain" discharge end oi the co' formof a pipe 35 iixed in pc box,projecting through the iront n'de thereofand terminating in a cool if 'faucet 36. Both faucets are above th levelot the ice supporting. coil and are below the bottom. of the filteredwater thereby to permit water to liow g froml the compartment and topermit to' accumulate in the coil to cool the water for drinking`purposes. 'he coil is l vided with upturned ends, and are coul.. to thefpipes 32 and 35 by means ol' readily manipulated unions 37. l

ln operation it is understood that water from the spring, river or citysupply is poured into the unfiltered water compartment and is allowed toslowly jpercolat-e through the stone filter constituting the bottom otthis compartment. Ey selectively opening the faucets the water iay bewithdrzwn, either dir ctly Ytrom the iiltered water compartment or fromthe cooling coil.y i

W'hen nii ha the filter stone becomes containiand a new iiltersubstituted as sugg As the slabs are large in and in tact are made asnea-r as possible coextensive with` the bottom of the iiniilteredwatercontaining compartment relatively small amounts ot water are passedthrough unit areasand in this way the lite ot the filter is ineens@ vprolonged even though the box accommodates relatively large volumesotwate'r.

Securing the ends of the water conduit in place has the advantage otlocating these parts iixedly in the box, thus eliminating the tendencyto leak at the connections to the box and at the same time permits theremoval oit the coil portion which is the portion most liable to becomedamaged.

llVhile 1 have shown and described,l and have pointed out in the annexedclaims, certain novel 1features oit my invention, it will be understoodthat various omissions, substitutions and changes in the 'form anddetails of the device illustrated and in its operation may be made bythose skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

l-laving thus claim:

1. in ice box provided witha horizontaldisposed partition forming theinterior of the box' into an upper water containing compartment and alower ice containing compartment, said water containing` comdescribed myinvention, 1

partment providedwvith a horizontal partichamber and a lower iilteredwater compartment, said second partition constituta. removable insert inthe water containing compartment and formed in part by a slab olfiltering material and means for drawing oft the water from the lowerfiltered water compartment.

3. A cabinet ice box provided with ahori- -zontally extending partitiondividing the interior into an upper water containing compartment and alower ice containing compartment, said upper water containingcompartment provided with another partition dividing the same into anupper unfiltered waterchamber and a lower filtered waterl compartment,said second partition provided with an opening, a slab seat outliningth-e opening, a slab of iiltering material located on sail slab seat anda water cooling coil `in said ice chamber supplied :trom said lilteredwater compartment.

Signed at New Yorkcityin thecounty oi New York and State oi' New Yorkthis 19th day ot August, A. l). 1921. l c MGUEL GNZALEZ.

